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Strangers Get Errant Text, Drive Hour to Hospital
Newser.com ^ | March 22, 2016 | Arden Dier

Posted on 03/22/2016 12:39:32 PM PDT by stylecouncilor

A woman spreading the word about her new grandson accidentally texted a complete stranger on Saturday. He responded in the best possible way. Deorick Williams of Tallahassee, Fla., tells Fox 13 that his brother, Dennis Williams, started getting texts about the impending birth of a baby at a hospital in Bainbridge, Ga. "We are at the hospital. Having a baby today!" read the first, according to a Facebook post that has so far been shared 195,000 times. "Congrats lol but I think someone got the wrong number," Dennis replied. Then came a photo of newborn Cason Knox, born to parents Mark and Lindsey Lashley, per WTHR. "Well I don't know Yall but me and the boys will be thru to take picture with the baby," Dennis added.

The grandmother quickly apologized for having included him in the group conversation, but the Williams brothers were adamant that they wanted to meet the new baby and his parents. And they indeed appeared at the hospital—having driven an hour from their home—bearing gifts of diapers, pacifiers, and baby bottles, reports ABC News. They also took a photo with the new parents. "We had a great time," Deorick says. "I was invited already, so I thought I might as well go. And why not bring gifts?" "What a blessing these two guys were to our family," the grandmother adds on Facebook. "They were so sweet and kind to do this! You 2 are great guys and thank you for giving to someone you didn't know! … If we all only had this kind of a heart."


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1 posted on 03/22/2016 12:39:32 PM PDT by stylecouncilor
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To: stylecouncilor

Aw, what a cute story. Congrats to the new parents and their new friends.


2 posted on 03/22/2016 12:43:54 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The world is full of wonder, but you see it only if you look." ~NicknamedBob)
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To: stylecouncilor

That’s a great story. Thanks for posting it!


3 posted on 03/22/2016 12:44:32 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: stylecouncilor

Make them honorary uncles!


4 posted on 03/22/2016 12:49:27 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
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To: stylecouncilor

What a good looking family!


5 posted on 03/22/2016 12:51:36 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. ~ Þ)
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To: CrazyIvan

A nurse who delivered a friends adopted baby in a traffic jam became the honorary grandma. They all kept in touch with cards and letters till her death. Sometimes God is putting people in our lives we should keep them.


6 posted on 03/22/2016 1:00:36 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Make America Great Again by uniting Great Americans)
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To: CrazyIvan

LOL!


7 posted on 03/22/2016 1:03:39 PM PDT by stylecouncilor ("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
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To: stylecouncilor

That’s pretty cool!


8 posted on 03/22/2016 1:26:09 PM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: stylecouncilor

I’m texting them that I need to paint the house.


9 posted on 03/22/2016 2:04:30 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood

LOL!


10 posted on 03/22/2016 2:07:02 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The world is full of wonder, but you see it only if you look." ~NicknamedBob)
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To: stylecouncilor

Raised right. Love seeing stories like this!!


11 posted on 03/22/2016 6:03:48 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: stylecouncilor

I got some group texts about a baby because I had somebody’s old phone number, and after the umpteenth one I replied they needed to delete my number and not send me any more delivery room photos (TMI!). well, the other person got downright ugly about it as if it was my fault. SMH


12 posted on 03/22/2016 6:12:21 PM PDT by visualops (It's the majority of the American people and Trump against the enemies of the republic - Windflier)
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To: hoosiermama

The female nurse who delivered our adopted baby had the EXACT same first and last name as my gay brother!

First name: Chris.


13 posted on 03/23/2016 8:25:10 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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